The first annual Santa Clara Sporting Girls Invitational Tournament was hosted over the three-day Memorial Weekend, and the Santa Clara Sporting 98G Green, 95G Green and 93 Teams were all crowned champions. 64 teams from Northern California participated in the inagural event, and the Santa Rosa United soccer club took home four championship trophies after the long weekend of soccer.

Getting the Sporting Girls Invitational off the ground was a real "labor of love" and speical thanks need to go out to Demitri Cacoyannis, the SGI Tournament Director who rolled-up his sleeves to make this event happen. There were many people requesting that Sporting host a girls tournament over the past 2-3 years, but it was Demitri’s passion and determination to launch the event. Other special thanks go out to: Sueli, Teresa, Shirlei, Sebastain, John, and Gabe for the heroic efforts to support this great event.

Santa Clara Sporting would like to thank all the teams that participated in this first SGI!